Associate Professor Robert Niven

Building 20 Room 129
School of Engineering and Information Technology,
The University of New South Wales at Canberra,
PO Box 7916,
Canberra BC ACT 2610,
AUSTRALIA

ABOUT

PUBLICATIONS

Research

Internationally recognised research leader in (a) theory and applications of probabilistic inference, including maximum entropy analysis and Bayesian inference; and (b) environmental systems, contaminants and impacts. This includes:

Success in research funding, with a career total of A$2.2 million in grants and fellowships from Australian, European, French, German, Japanese, UK and U.S. sources. This includes Go8/DAAD grants for 2013-14, ARC Discovery Project grants for 2010-12 and 2014-16, and an ARC SRI PFAS grant starting in 2019.

Implementation of flipped mode teaching in environmental engineering, since 2015.

Postgraduate teaching in Maximum Entropy Analysis, including teaching of a Masters / PhD course at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007, and numerous short courses and summer school courses for research audiences.

Past and present supervisor of a number of BE thesis, Masters and PhD students.

Host of numerous visiting scholars and PhD students to SEIT, UNSW Canberra.

Past or present research grant assessor for funding agencies in Australia, Romania, Chile and USA.

External Engagement and Leadership:

Expert Opinion services in major disputes concerning soil and groundwater contamination, including cases to the Supreme Court of NSW.

Founder and President (since 2013) of The MaxEnt and Bayesian Association of Australia, Inc., a scientific association and registered charity to support research and teaching in probabilistic inference.

Ord A; Oberst S; Niven RK; Hobbs B, (eds.), 2017, 'What do we do with all this data? Ore exploration using modern technology', in What do we do with all this data? Ore exploration using modern technology, Gold17@Rotorua, Rotorua, New Zealand, presented at Gold17@Rotorua, Rotorua, New Zealand, 21 - 23 February 2017

Niven RK, 2010, 'The maximum entropy production principle', in The maximum entropy production principle, Planetary Science & Astrobiology Workshop, Planetary Science Institute, Research School of Earth Sciences & Research School of Astronomy and As, presented at Planetary Science & Astrobiology Workshop, Planetary Science Institute, Research School of Earth Sciences & Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Australian National University, 09 - 10 June 2010

Niven RK, 2010, 'Derivation of a local form of the maximum entropy production principle', in Derivation of a local form of the maximum entropy production principle, Mathematical and Statistical Approaches to Climate Modelling and Prediction, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK, presented at Mathematical and Statistical Approaches to Climate Modelling and Prediction, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK, 11 August - 22 December 2010